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Women’s football has come a long way in Japan. The Under 20’s stunned Spain 3-1 to win the 2018 U20 women’s World Cup in France. Japan became the only nation to have won every World Cup available in the women’s game. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🏆🙌🙌🙌🙌#U20WWC #DareToShine #LeMomentDeBriller @jfa_nadeshiko pic.twitter.com/uNUgXZ60Z0 — #U20WWC 🇫🇷⛵ (@FIFAWWC) August 24, 2018 Land of the rising stars

Remember Yuki Kawauchi? The Japanese long-distance runner was the unexpected winner of the Boston Marathon earlier this year. He beat world champion Geoffrey Kirui to do so. And he’s still an amateur — he works as a high-school administrator. So what next for someone who’s just produced such a shock win? A 71 km ultra-marathon